Where People and Projects Meet - Tools and Techniques for Understanding and Managing the People Side of Projects (Paperback)

People... They can make a project successful, or they can make it a
certain failure, without intentionally trying to do either. The
history of project management is filled with case after case of
project failures. Poor sponsorship, unclear objectives, lack of
commitment, employee resistance to change, unprepared business
users, weak project leadership, poor team dynamics, and poor
planning for the change management activities are the top reasons
why projects fail. How do you navigate a project through
organizational politics? How do you effectively work with key
stakeholders? How do you implement effective project governance?
How do you engage and work with the project sponsor? How do you get
the business ready? How do you become a credible leader? How do you
get the project team to work like a team? How do you deal with
conflict? How do you plan for project resources, and bring them on
board? How do you understand and capitalize on people's
motivations? All of these are people-related issues. A project may
have the greatest technology, the most knowledgeable team, and a
fantastic budget. Even with all of this, when the "people side" of
a project is ignored, under-budgeted or considered "fluff," the
likelihood of the project being less than successful increases. As
experienced project managers, the tools we offer have been forged
in the white hot furnace of large-scale change projects. They are
strong, they are appropriate for the task, and they are effective.
We invite you to use them.